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NAME            ftoa -- floating to ascii conversion
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SYNOPSIS        jsr     r5,ftoa; subr
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DESCRIPTION     ftoa\b\b\b\b____
will convert the floating point number in fr0
into ascii in the form

  [-]ddddd.dd*

if possible, otherwise in the form

  [-]d.dddddddde\b_[-]dd*.
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For each character generated by ftoa,
the subroutine subr\b\b\b\b____ (supplied by the caller) is called on
register r5 with the character in r0.
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The number of digits can be changed by changing the value
of "_ndigits" in ecvt (default is 10.).
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The subroutine subr\b\b\b\b____ must not disturb any registers.
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FILES           kept in /lib/liba.a
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SEE ALSO        ecvt(III), itoa(III)
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DIAGNOSTICS     --
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BUGS            --